Method of making rugs, and frame therefor



March 7, 1939. T. H. CLACK' METHOD OF MAKING RUGS, AND FRAME THEREFORFiled April 21, 1938 flamas #00416 QQW 4 Patented 7, 1939 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE METHOD OF AND 'rhm n. Clack, New. York, N. Y.Application-April 21,1938, Serial No. 203,411

This invention relates to a novel frame upon which home-made ru'gs'maybeformed, and further relates to'the manner of forming designs upon therugs made in connection with the frame.

The prior art has 'long sought to achieve a method by which home-maderugs can be easily made. As a solution to such attempts, I have evolvedcertain means for forming rugs as set forth in my Patent No.'2,112,395,of March 29,

1938, and my application Serial No. 198,138, filed March 25, 1938, theinstant application being a continuation-in-part of 'the copendingapplication and patent. I

In my prior patent and application I have disclosed a novel loom uponwhich a braid is made which is used in forming the rug. I have alsodisclosed in application Serial No. 198,138, a novel means by which adesign can be formed in the rug'by making the braid according toa-chart.

Itis the object v of the instant invention to improve upon the frameused for assembling ,the

braid in making the rug and 'to improve upon the means for forming adesign in the rug.

Another object of the invention is to make a frame of light, durableconstruction.

Another object of the invention is to make a frame which is adjustableto various lengths.

A further object of the invention is to make a frame which can be usedin connection with a chart illustrating a design, the frame being ad-Justed to the proportions necessary in the arranging of the braid on theframe for obtaining the correct design in the finished rug.

These objects are in general obtained by making a frame of welded wirelengths, which frame is composed of two sections that may be fittedtogether to obtain various lengths. The chart may illustrate any desireddesign and is blocked ofl to indicate the length of color to be placedon each particular portion of the braid so that when the braid is placedupon the correctly adjusted frame, the design illustrated upon thechart, will be reproduced upon the finished rug. The means by whichthese and other objects of my invention are obtained may be readilyunderstood by the following specification taken in connection with thedrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my frame. Fig. 2 is a side elevationalview of the frame shown'in Fig. 1. 1 I Fig. 2a is aperspective yiew ofaportion of --the frame showing the manner of locking the sectionstogether.

55, 3-is a plan view of the frame shown in Fig. 1, and furtherillustrates a portion of the braid assembled on the frame.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the braid ismade up.

' Fig. 5 is a plan view of the chart used in con- 5 nection with theframe for the making of desired designs, and

Fig. 6 is a plan'view' of the manner in which the braid is sewn togetherupon the frame to form the completed rug. 10

In Fig. 1 the frame is shown to be formed of two sections A. and B.Section A is formed from a single length of wire bent in U-shape to makewill later be described. A second similar trans- 2Q verse member I maybe provided, which member I4 has downwardly extending legs andhorizontally extending feet It and I8, respectively, similar to theelements l0 and I2. Other transverse reinforcing elements 20 may beprovided, 25 and it is obvious that locking means similar to theelements 10 and I2 can be provided on these transverse elements. Theselocking elements Ill,

l2, l6 and iii are provided on legs 2 and 4 and thus to be on each sideof section A. The base 30 6 has attached thereto upright members 22,which members canbe conveniently formed as U-shaped pieces of wirewelded to the base member 6. -The base of the U-shaped pieces 22 extendbelow the sides 2 and l and form supporting 35 means for the frame. Thetransverse members 8, I4, and 20 are most conveniently welded to thelegs 2 and 4, although they can be attached in any convenient manner.

Section 13 also comprises a wire member having 'legs 26 and 28 connectedby a base member 30. This member may be either U-shapedas shown forsection A, or may be of a single length of .wire bent to form a closedrectangle, the connecting ends being welded together, and thus providinga second base member 32. This constructionis an example also of howthesection A can be formed. Extending transversely of. the section B area plurality of transverse wire memibers 34, these members being weldedto the underside of the legs 26 and 28 and extending therebeyond,preferably terminating in rebent ends 38. Welded to the base 30 ofsection B are a plurality of upright pieces 38 similar to those shown at22 for section A,

Sections A and B are of course separate. when they are fitted togetheras shown in Figs. 1, 2, 2a, and 3, the feet l2 and I8 are engagedbeneath the portions of the transverse bars 34 on section B whichproject beyond the legs 26 and 28. The U-shaped ends 36 of, thetransverse bars 34 form pockets which receive the legs l0 and I6 and aidin making a tight locking engagement. Because a plurality of lockingmeans are used in connection with a plurality of transverse bars 34, thetwo frames are fitted together rather rigidly, and with sufficientrigidity for their function of holding the braid of the rug, as will belater described.

The members 8 and 14 on frame A are spaced apart a distance similar tothe distances between the various transverse bars34 on section B.Consequently, the frames A and B can be lapped to make the totaleffective length of the frame equal to the length of one of the frames,or the frames can be extended to make the effective length of the wholeframe substantially twice the length of one of the frames 'A and B, orintermediate lengths of the whole frame can be obtained.

For the purposes of getting the braid in proper position upon the rugframe, the. upright holding members 22 and 2B are'staggered with respectto each other, as shown in Fig. 3. As seen, a first prong or upright22a. is set on the base 6 adjacent the leg 4, and the correspondingupright 38a on the base 30 of frame B is spaced from the leg 28 agreater distance than the upright 22a from the leg 4. The remainingupright 22 and 38 respectively are similarly spaced in order that thebraid may be properly held upon the frame in a manner later described.

The braid 0, shown generally in Fig. 4, comprises pieces of material 50knotted upon strands 52 and 54 to form pile 55 in a manner and ofmaterials described by me in my Patent No. 2,112,395, and applicationSerial No. 198,138, referred to supra. After this braid has been formed,one end of it is attached to 9. prong such as prong 22a on section A ofthe frame, and the braid is extended along the frame, with the pilefacing downwardly toward the cross pieces 8, 20, and 34, and loopedaround, or otherwise fastened to prong 38a, and then extended parallelto the first length back and forth along the length of the frame untilthe frame is completely covered with the braid. The braid can beattached together in the manner shown in Fig. 6 by sewing back and forthbeneath. the

surface of adjacent rows of braid with horizontal stitches, all thestitches being thus concealed from view. After the width of the framehas been covered, if the rug is to be made wider, the completed portionof the rug can be removed and laid immediately adjacent the frame, andvthe braid C can be again wound upon the frame and portions completeduntil the desired number of widths have been finished, which widths are,of course, all sewed together to make the.

final width of the rug desired.

Fig. 5 illustrates a chart which can be very advantageously used inconnection with the making of the braid and the frame for the purpose ofgetting a desired design upon the finished-rug. As shown, any desireddesign can be made'upon a piece of paper and then this design blockedoff by horizontal and vertically running lines to form rows of blocks.The horizontally extending rows each represent the width of either asingle length of.braid upon the rug frame, or the width of a pluralityof lengths of braid upon the rug frame.

of green, followed by a block of red, as shown under I and 2,respectively, in the upper 'left-' hand corner-of the chart Fig. 5. Thischart does not have to be the same size as the completed rug, but can becalibrated to indicate, for example, that the block I shows an inch of.green color upon the braid C. Therefore, in forming the braid, one inchof green knots are made,

followed by one inch of red knots. The directions for the formation-ofthe colors upon the braid according to the chart are followed, and whenthe braid is placed upon the frame, the colors will be proportionatelylocated on the rug frame.

In the second horizontal row of the chart, the color. green isillustrated again, but under .2 a blue symbol is shown. As the braid hasbeen described as being placed on the frame extending from left toright, after the braid has been placed around the upright 380., thechart must be .followed back in reverse direction, as the braid isusually, but not necessarily, made in a continuous length. Therefore,when the blue square is reached, a block of blue will be formed on thebraid C, followed by a block of green. This illustration has been givenwherein the vertical height of the block illustrates the width of thebraid C. However, the vertical height of the block may illustrate thewidth of, say five adjacent braids C, and consequently, the red color inthe first row would be repeated five times as the braid passed thatpoint on the frame, before the adjacent blue color would be formed.

It is thus apparent that I have provided a means by which many beautifuland interesting designs can be easily reproduced upon the frame, whichframe may be adjustable to meet the proportions required by any size ofchart. Inasmuch as the braid itself is very easily made, the

frame and the chart provide a means wherebyunskilled workers can makevery interesting designs upon a rug by means which have hereto- 4 forenot been available in the art.

Having now described the means by which the objects of my invention areobtained, what-1' claim is:

1. An adjustable rug forming frame comprising a first U-shaped section,a plurality of transverse members secured to said section, locking meansattached to said section, and braid holding means secured to an end ofsaid section; a second U-shaped section, a plurality of membersextending transversely of said second section, and braid holding meanssecured to an end of said section; said first and second sections beingadapted and arranged to be lapped one upon the other with said lockingmeans engaged with said second section.

second section and being engaged by said locking means.

4. A frame as in claim 1, said braid holding lar wire sections, aplurality of wire members transversely secured to said sectionsandextending beyond the sides thereof, at least two transverse memberson one section being spaced apart a distance equal to the spacing ofeach of the members on the other Y section, angle locldng means attachedto said twomembers and adapted and arranged to lock with any of saidmembers on the other section, and braid holding ,pro- Jectionsvertically extending from the opposite ends of said sections.

6. The method of making a rug comprising forming a braid havingdistinctive markings thereon as indicated by a chart, fitting togethertwo frame sections having braid holding teeth to form a frame havingbraid supporting teeth on opposite ends thereof, said sections beingadjusted to make a frame of a desired size in proportion to theindications on said chart, and fastening said braid to said teeth inrows so that the distinctive markings on said braid conform to theindications on said chart.

7. The method of making a rug comprising forming a braid havingdistinctive markings thereon as indicated by a series of markings on adesign upon a chart, adjusting aframe having braid holding means on theends thereof to a length commensurate with the length of a series ofmarkings on said chart, and fastening said braid in rows upon saidholding means and frame to bring said distinctive markings intopredetermined positions in adjacent rows to reproduce in proportion uponsaid frame the arrangement of markings as indicated by the design onsaid chart.

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